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| author |  Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> | 2015-10-30 12:02:56 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-10-30 14:02:38 -0700 |
| commit | 6a94088cc3d539bdc15b824befc083f7ff8d0288 (patch) | |
| tree | 8f0cfd83cf10d042726e0b706c5fd5636dfc6388 /t | |
| parent | Eighth batch for 2.7 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-6a94088cc3d539bdc15b824befc083f7ff8d0288.tar.xz | |
test: facilitate debugging Git executables in tests with gdb
When prefixing a Git call in the test suite with 'debug ', it will
now be run with GDB, allowing the developer to debug test failures
more conveniently.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 't')
| -rw-r--r-- | t/README | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | t/test-lib-functions.sh | 8 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -563,6 +563,11 @@ library for your script to use. argument. This is primarily meant for use during the development of a new test script. + - debug <git-command> + + Run a git command inside a debugger. This is primarily meant for + use when debugging a failing test script. + - test_done Your test script must have test_done at the end. Its purpose diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh index 6dffb8bcde..73e37a1f6c 100644 --- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh +++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh @@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ test_pause () { fi } +# Wrap git in gdb. Adding this to a command can make it easier to +# understand what is going on in a failing test. +# +# Example: "debug git checkout master". +debug () { + GIT_TEST_GDB=1 "$@" +} + # Call test_commit with the arguments "<message> [<file> [<contents> [<tag>]]]" # # This will commit a file with the given contents and the given commit |